Archive for August, 2010

During the two week time period of July 26th through August 6th, 2010, ForRent.com participated in a back-to-school supply drive. The school supplies collected went to the Hampton Roads Corporate Volunteer Council’s (HRCVC) Back-to-School Drive, which will be distributed to children in the Norfolk, Virginia area school system. Dominion Enterprises-parent company of ForRent.com-participated in this drive, and […]

Keywords are like bread crumbs. If selected correctly, they bring renters right to your door. There are two main types: short-search phrases and long-tail terms. Although short-search phrases are more competitive and drive more traffic to your listings, long-tail keywords are more likely to convert. So, what do I need to know about long-tail keywords and […]

Dear Fair Housing Lady, It’s summertime, and the living is easy, but here at our apartment community we have folks who don’t want to wear swimming suits and swimming trunks in our pool. I don’t mean that they want to go naked (thank goodness for small favors!) but they want to wear things like their […]

Announcement: Joining the ForRent.com mobile offering, ParaRentar.com, a fully-translated Spanish apartment listing web site, has gone mobile! The Pew Research Center revealed that the U.S. Hispanic market consists of avid mobile users. According to a research conducted during a Spring 2010 Pew Internet study, 87 percent of Hispanics own a cell phone. Of that total, […]

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